No plans tonight, except Pie Diva wanted to use a butternut squash and some Brussels sprouts that we had. She said she wanted pork, so I pulled a pair of frozen tenderloins from the freezer. Looking at my handy database, I zeroed in on Pork Tenderloin with Creamy Corn from the Weber website. The pork was rubbed with a garlic-oregano paste. We skipped the creamy corn, roasted the squash & sprouts and grilled the tenderloin. A meal that most restaurants would be challenged to duplicate. Perfect with a dry Riesling.

A couple of bone-in strip steaks, baked potatoes and salad. Last night was roasted bone-in, skin on chicken breasts with butternut squash baked with maple syrup. And tomorrow night it's going to be corned beef and cabbage.

It's easily in my top ten favourite meals. I only treat myself to it a few times a year, though, because I'm pretty sure I don't want to know how much fat and/or calories is in it. But it makes me happy.

Last night we were having wicked bad thunderstorms, so I just ducked across the alley to the sports bar in the hotel for dinner. Nothing spectacular, just a crunchy chicken and bacon wrap with fries.http://amwaygrand.com/gp_sports.html

I bet it could, especially if you deep-fry the chicken. I think they use their breaded chicken strips, rough chopped. And I know they use primarily GFS for stuff like ranch and cheese. Wouldn't surprise me if the chicken came from there, either.

I kind of want both of those! However, I did OK myself tonight. Honey-mustard marinated chicken covered with sauteed bacon and mushrooms and cheddar, then baked; steel cut oats with onion, mushrooms and parmesan; and then I got lazy and microwaved some frozen mixed vegetables. Two out of three ain't bad.

L2B, it took me a minute to adjust my thinking (in my head, oatmeal must have brown sugar and butter at the least), but it was pretty darn tasty! Mom even liked it, which surprised the heck out of me. I'll be trying more savory recipes soon.

Get those nasty carrots off your plate and you can have twice as much green bean casserole!

I have a pot of turkey noodle soup simmering on the stove. I took a shortcut and started with a Bear Creek chicken noodle soup mix and added turkey, fresh mushrooms, half a bag of frozen corn, a small can of green beans, and a diced Russet potato. It's actually more of a stew than a soup at this point.

We still have tomatoes from the garden, Gnd beef from our steer, Hog jowl from our pig. I need to make my own cheese and bake my own rolls. Then I'll be ready for the cold war. ........Dbl cheeseburger